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Megatypus
Taxonomy
Megatypus was named by Tillyard (1925).
It was assigned to Typinae by Martynov (1932), Zessin (1983); to Meganeuridae by Carpenter (1933), Carpenter (1992); and to Tupinae by Brauckmann and Zessin (1989), Engel (1998), Nel et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Typinae by Martynov (1932), Zessin (1983); to Meganeuridae by Carpenter (1933), Carpenter (1992); and to Tupinae by Brauckmann and Zessin (1989), Engel (1998), Nel et al. (2009).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Megatypus Tillyard p. 52 |
| 1932 | Megatypus Martynov |
| 1933 | Megatypus Carpenter |
| 1983 | Megatypus Zessin |
| 1989 | Megatypus Brauckmann and Zessin p. 183 |
| 1992 | Megatypus Carpenter p. 60 |
| 1998 | Megatypus Engel |
| 2009 | Megatypus Nel et al. p. 98 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Megatypus Tillyard 1925
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†Megatypus ingentissimus Tillyard 1925
†Megatypus parvus Engel 1998
†Megatypus schucherti Tillyard 1925
†Megatypus vetustus Carpenter 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian | USA (Kansas) | M. parvus (111229) M. schucherti (111217) M. schucherti, M. ingentissimus (111219) M. vetustus (111319) |